Our Summer Reading List: The Latest From FGA
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Some people like to lounge by the pool or on the beach with the latest novel. Others like to read research papers.
For those who need a little policy reading to enhance their fun in the sun, FGA has got you covered.
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Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance Reforms Made It the Envy of Its Neighbors
Iowa’s reforms to its unemployment insurance program benefited both workers and employers.
Unemployment insurance reforms adopted by Governor Reynolds put the program on solid footing financially. The reforms allowed the state to cut its unemployment tax rate to the lowest point in more than two decades.
Let’s talk about unions
Why States Should Require Annual Union Recertification
The right of exclusive representation and the near impossibility of getting rid of an existing union means that workers are forced to associate with unions they may not support and accept contract terms they may not want. Requiring unions to prove their value to employees on a regular basis gives workers a meaningful say in their own representation and ensures that only those unions that serve their members well can continue to operate.
The Medicaid disaster continues
States Should Resist CMS Schemes That Keep Medicaid Enrollment High
The pandemic-era strategy to maximize Medicaid enrollment at all costs proved to be catastrophic for state budgets. While ineligible adults remained on the rolls, states made cuts to nursing homes and other areas of Medicaid, which help the truly needy. Despite no longer having a public health emergency to justify handcuffing states, the Biden administration continues to perpetrate schemes to maximize enrollment at the expense of program integrity and at great cost to taxpayers. States and Congress should implement safeguards to ensure that Medicaid dollars are only spent on those who are eligible to receive assistance and are truly in need.
Medicaid Expansion Is a Bad Deal for States, Providers, and Those It Claims to Help
Ninety-eight percent of low-income adults have access to health plans with no out-of-pocket premium and no deductible in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid. Expanding Medicaid to include able-bodied adults would harm the truly needy and explode state budgets.
Oklahoma’s Medicaid Expansion Continues to Shatter Enrollment and Spending Estimates—And the Worst Is Yet to Come
The SoonerCare Program is still facing an enrollment and budget crisis. Despite objections from state lawmakers, out-of-state groups funneled money into the state to pass Medicaid expansion through a ballot initiative less than four years ago. Fast forward a few years and Oklahoma lawmakers have been proven right. The advocates and proponents of expansion used false and faulty information to make their case.
There’s still time for states to protect their elections
Exposing Myths and Acknowledging Reality Shows Why States Should Ban Ranked-Choice Voting
Proponents paint a rosy picture of ranked-choice voting—vote with your conscience, winners receive a majority of the vote, the most popular candidate is elected, it has bipartisan support, and helps restore confidence in elections—but these ideas are generously called myths. The reality is that ranked-choice voting forces voters to vote against their values, creates a fake majority by throwing ballots in the trash, results in election losers winning, is a partisan plot to politicize the voting process, and confuses voters leading to lower turnout.
More reading: The latest FGA opinion pieces
Washington Times | Post-Loper, Congress must rein in the bureaucracy
New York Post | Pull the plug: Republicans’ food-stamp fail could add $70B to taxpayers’ burden
National Review | Ten States Haven’t Expanded Medicaid. Here’s Why They Never Should
